How to Install OwnCloud 5 in Ubuntu Server 12.10

OwnCloud 5 has been released and announced by Owncloud developer, come with new User Interface (UI), but also useful features such as improved contacts, a new search, antivirus checking, an improved calendar and more. Owncloud allows both businesses and individuals to pursue their own independent cloud. In contrast to the established commercial storage services, ownCloud can be used on private servers at no extra cost.

ownCloud, the world’s most popular open source secure file sync and share software, giving users a flexible, customizable and secure way to host their own cloud file sync and share. ownCloud 5 also support for popular Linux distributions such as Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, RedHat Enterprise Linux, CentOS and openSUSE.

About the performance, a single fact: some tests determine that ownCloud 5.0 is 500% faster than ownCloud 4.5. One improvement that will particularly benefit ownCloud facilities with a large number of users. All thanks to several internal changes, including having rewritten from scratch some key components such as the file system cache.

What’s new in OwnCloud 5:

New design;

New search engine which includes a new Lucene-based full text search engine app;

In addition to installing owncloud server 5 from source, You can also installing owncloud server 5 from ownCloud repository. add repository owncloud server 5 by running the following command below on your ubuntu server

Once the owncloud-client is installed, launch the icon should be in your applications. Search with keyword owncloud. Right-Click icon owncloud that appear in taskbar at right top, and choose ‘configure’. window OwnCloud Connection Wizard will be appear